'we Are Not Looking Backwards': Lamborghini Will Never Do A New Take On The Miura

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If you agreed pinch our takes connected the 2nd procreation Lamborghini Countach aliases Gordon Murray S1 LM, past you tin respire a sigh of alleviation astatine this news: Lambo has nary liking successful redoing its the iconic Miura supercar. In an question and reply pinch Auto Express, Lamborghini main of creation Mitja Borkert said nan Italian automaker will look to nan future, alternatively than nan past, to animate its upcoming designs. Thank God.

Borkert moreover admitted that nan "demand will beryllium there," but insisted that Lamborghini "will not do it" because nan institution isn't looking backwards, it is "looking into nan future." I don't cognize astir you all, but that is euphony to my ears. Of course, you've sewage to disregard nan Countach LPI 800-4 from a fewer years ago, but Borkert did his champion to explicate nan different betwixt nan 2 vehicles to Auto Express:

"The Countach... It was a futuristic interpretation. I personally recovered it absorbing to do nan translator into nan twelvemonth '21 aliases '22. The past Countach was successful 1990, and I wanted to ideate nan caller Countach arsenic a continuation."

If Lamborghini were to hypothetically revive the Miura, it wouldn't beryllium nan first time. In 2006, nan automaker released a conception that served arsenic a modern return of nan iconic car to ringing successful nan original concept's 40th anniversary. It featured a 6.5-liter V12 borrowed from nan Murciélago (as good arsenic nan remainder of its platform) and looks that were heavy inspired by nan original car. Only 1 was ever built, but it was a favourite of excavation successful video games of nan period.

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Even though location won't beryllium a caller Miura, its bequest still lives connected done mini creation specifications successful Lamborghini's modern cars. Borkert explained this lineage to Auto Express:

"I person seen a Miura adjacent to [the caller Fenomeno], and location is immoderate influence, for illustration nan 2 aerial outlets successful nan front. We besides person this S duct aerial outlet, characterised by nan Y shape."

In a batch of ways, each modern-day supercar owes its life to nan Miura it was nan first. After all, it was nan first high-performance accumulation roadworthy car pinch an motor mounted successful nan mediate and rear-wheel drive. And, I mean, conscionable look astatine it. Few cars earlier aliases since person been arsenic breathtaking aliases melodramatic arsenic nan Miura, and its power is still felt successful modern designs from galore brands. Lamborghini could surely effort to recreate nan Miura, but it would almost arsenic surely fail.